tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115391486515670381.post6178634923018127019..comments2023-03-17T07:34:55.413-07:00Comments on X-Learning: AnalogiesSimon Puleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04549362780846134232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115391486515670381.post-70027977329649222332007-06-05T10:35:00.000-07:002007-06-05T10:35:00.000-07:00That brings up a good point. Something on build...That brings up a good point. Something on building layers of informal learning. There is so much jargon, analogies and colloquisms used in the English language, that the language itself is informal.<BR/><BR/>Good luck on describing the hot dogs at that picnic!<BR/><BR/>Simon<BR/><BR/><BR/>SimonSimon Puleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549362780846134232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3115391486515670381.post-53333696086697041642007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:002007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:00Great collection, Simon. I had to laugh when I rea...Great collection, Simon. I had to laugh when I read them, knowing how much context it takes to understand them. I teach a group of elderly, pre-literate Liberian immigrants and constantly find myself backing up and explaining things. This week I was talking about attending the church picnic with them, and they didn't know what a picnic was. Not the English word, but the CONCEPT. I'd put it on a calendar for them with a picture on Memorial Day, when the picnic is. Oh, but we can't read yet, so the concept of a calendar is new. Try to explain a calendar to someone who has never seen it!<BR/><BR/>My point in connection with your analogies ties in with all the things that are being discussed around informal learning. A ton of informal learning needed to have happened to create the context for understanding those analogies. I can't even imagine trying to explain them to my class, yet, like you, I instantly grasped their meaning and they resonated, making sense in the learning paradigm.<BR/><BR/>Good food for thought here. Thanks for the post.<BR/>Jean Marrapodijmarrapodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236851646363897381noreply@blogger.com